Lil Durk Says Young Thug Is Being ‘Left To The Wolves’ In YSL Rico Case + YSL Associates Get Plea Deals, But Thugga Is Not Likely To Get One

Rapper Lil Durk speaks out about how the judicial system is handling Young Thug’s RICO case. And he thinks the rapper is being targeted. As several YSL associates have now taken plea deals, including Thugga’s brother and rapper Gunna, there’s concern that Young Thug will not likely be offered a plea deal. Find out why inside... Rapper Lil Durk is speaking out about Young Thug’s current incarceration. The Chicago rapper took to Instagram to ask for fan support in order for Young Thug to be released from his RICO case. In the post, he alluded that Thugga is being targeted and being “left to the wolves,” following reports that several YSL associates copped plea deals.         View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by FREE JEFFERY (@lildurk) “Drop a [green heart emoji] if y’all want thugg home and not being blamed or left to the wolves #FREEJEFF …. Album mode,” Durkio wrote. Several rappers flooded Durkio’s comments with green hearts, including G Herbo, Fabolous, and Waka Flocka. Durk also changed his profile picture to a photo of Thugga and wrote "FREE JEFFERY" in his bio:  Young Thug (real name Jeffery Lamar Williams) was booked into the Fulton County Jail in May 2022 following his arrest after he was named as one of 28 people in a 56-count indictment. Thugga specifically was hit with two charges, which include violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, Act and participating in criminal street gang activity, according to court documents. These are state RICO charges, not federal. It seems it doesn’t matter how much #FreeJeff trends, the “Go Crazy” rapper will end up spending some time behind bars. Young Thug was back in court today YSL  gang members (Gunna, Lil Duke) were released after accepting guilty pleas in their RICO case pic.twitter.com/eD62xjyPPV — Music is Life (@ArtOfMusic_) December 19, 2022 According to Atlanta-based reporter George Chidi, Young Thug is expected to remain behind bars until his trial begins next month, with no plea deals on the table. The reason? Young Thug is seemingly the main target in the RICO investigation, according to George, who has written for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta Magazine, and Vice, among other media outlets. For everyone talking about how Young Thug is "standing strong" by not taking a plea agreement: the district attorney's office isn't offering Jeffery Williams any deal that doesn't leave him in prison forever. He's the target of this case. Everyone else is optional. — George Chidi (find me on Mastodon) (@neonflag) December 20, 2022 ”For everyone talking about how Young Thug is ‘standing strong’ by not taking a plea agreement: the district attorney's office isn't offering Jeffery Williams any deal that doesn't leave him in prison forever,” tweeted George Chidi. “He's the target of this case. Everyone else is optional."   ”My read here is that the DA will deal out (almost) everyone else if it means improving their chances of convicting Young Thug,” he said. “The operating philosophy as described to me by an ADA is to ask "absent this person, would this crime still happen?" If the answer is yes, cut a deal. If the gang targeted someone for shooting, who pulled the trigger is less important to Willis' office than who turned on the green light. He continued, “I’m rather surprised at the deals that have been made, but in that context it makes sense. The DA's office says Thug was the shot caller. People who are suggesting some kind of agreement where Thug instructed other YSL gang members to plead out so he can take the charges are missing the point. Thug doesn't have leverage. Also, if Thug and Brian Steel go down, they will go down fighting.” In recent weeks, at least five co-conspirators, including Thugga’s brother, Unfoonk, and rapper Gunna, have agreed to plea bargains. Footage of Gunna being released from jail pic.twitter.com/qUycyot5HH — Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) December 15, 2022 Gunna pleaded guilty to a racketeering conspiracy charge last week and was released from prison after receiving a four-year sentence with one already served. The remainder of his sentence will be served through 500 hours of community service. He was released from jail on December 14th. On December 20th, Young Thug's brother negotiated a plea deal. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Quantavious Grier, also known as Unfoonk, pleaded guilty to one count of violating the state's RICO act and one count of theft by receiving stolen property. Unfoonk's original 12-year sentence was divided into two years commuted to time served and the remaining ten years on probation, according to Variety. Unfoonk must also complete 750 hours of community service, follow a curfew, and refrain from contacting his brother or any of the people named in the indictment. Slimelife Shawty (Winnie Lee), Lil Duke (Martinez Arnold), and YSL co-founder Walter Murphy have also pleaded guilty, bringing the tot

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Lil Durk Says Young Thug Is Being ‘Left To The Wolves’ In YSL Rico Case + YSL Associates Get Plea Deals, But Thugga Is Not Likely To Get One

Rapper Lil Durk speaks out about how the judicial system is handling Young Thug’s RICO case. And he thinks the rapper is being targeted. As several YSL associates have now taken plea deals, including Thugga’s brother and rapper Gunna, there’s concern that Young Thug will not likely be offered a plea deal. Find out why inside...

Rapper Lil Durk is speaking out about Young Thug’s current incarceration.

The Chicago rapper took to Instagram to ask for fan support in order for Young Thug to be released from his RICO case. In the post, he alluded that Thugga is being targeted and being “left to the wolves,” following reports that several YSL associates copped plea deals.

“Drop a [green heart emoji] if y’all want thugg home and not being blamed or left to the wolves #FREEJEFF …. Album mode,” Durkio wrote.

Several rappers flooded Durkio’s comments with green hearts, including G Herbo, Fabolous, and Waka Flocka.

Durk also changed his profile picture to a photo of Thugga and wrote "FREE JEFFERY" in his bio: 

Young Thug (real name Jeffery Lamar Williams) was booked into the Fulton County Jail in May 2022 following his arrest after he was named as one of 28 people in a 56-count indictment. Thugga specifically was hit with two charges, which include violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, Act and participating in criminal street gang activity, according to court documents. These are state RICO charges, not federal.

It seems it doesn’t matter how much #FreeJeff trends, the “Go Crazy” rapper will end up spending some time behind bars.

According to Atlanta-based reporter George Chidi, Young Thug is expected to remain behind bars until his trial begins next month, with no plea deals on the table. The reason? Young Thug is seemingly the main target in the RICO investigation, according to George, who has written for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta Magazine, and Vice, among other media outlets.

”For everyone talking about how Young Thug is ‘standing strong’ by not taking a plea agreement: the district attorney's office isn't offering Jeffery Williams any deal that doesn't leave him in prison forever,” tweeted George Chidi. “He's the target of this case. Everyone else is optional."

 

”My read here is that the DA will deal out (almost) everyone else if it means improving their chances of convicting Young Thug,” he said. “The operating philosophy as described to me by an ADA is to ask "absent this person, would this crime still happen?" If the answer is yes, cut a deal. If the gang targeted someone for shooting, who pulled the trigger is less important to Willis' office than who turned on the green light.

He continued, “I’m rather surprised at the deals that have been made, but in that context it makes sense. The DA's office says Thug was the shot caller. People who are suggesting some kind of agreement where Thug instructed other YSL gang members to plead out so he can take the charges are missing the point. Thug doesn't have leverage. Also, if Thug and Brian Steel go down, they will go down fighting.”

In recent weeks, at least five co-conspirators, including Thugga’s brother, Unfoonk, and rapper Gunna, have agreed to plea bargains.

Gunna pleaded guilty to a racketeering conspiracy charge last week and was released from prison after receiving a four-year sentence with one already served. The remainder of his sentence will be served through 500 hours of community service. He was released from jail on December 14th.

On December 20th, Young Thug's brother negotiated a plea deal.

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Quantavious Grier, also known as Unfoonk, pleaded guilty to one count of violating the state's RICO act and one count of theft by receiving stolen property. Unfoonk's original 12-year sentence was divided into two years commuted to time served and the remaining ten years on probation, according to Variety.

Unfoonk must also complete 750 hours of community service, follow a curfew, and refrain from contacting his brother or any of the people named in the indictment. Slimelife Shawty (Winnie Lee), Lil Duke (Martinez Arnold), and YSL co-founder Walter Murphy have also pleaded guilty, bringing the total number of defendants to 23 ahead of the January 9th trial.

People have accused the YSL associates who took plea deals of "snitching," but they say that's the farthest from the truth. Unfoonk took to IG Stories to let it be known he didn't snitch on his brother and Gunna's attorney denied the rapper snitched:

According to AllHipHop, Young Thug is calling on experts of hip-hop music to testify in his upcoming trial.

The site reports:

The defense plans to call Dr. Erik Nielson, who is referred to as a Hip Hop historian/expert. Nielson co-authored the book Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics and Guilt in America. Young Thug’s other Hip Hop-related witnesses are Dr. Adam Dunbar of the University of Nevada, Reno and Dr. Charis Kubrin of the University of California, Irvine. The two college professors are listed as Hip Hop/lyrics experts.

Additional witnesses include a cell phone expert, a drug treatment counselor and an expert in video analysis.

Young Thug’s trial could reportedly last up to a year!

Attorneys prosecuting the racketeering case against Young Thug and others asked the Fulton County Judge presiding over the trial to provide a broad timeline to potential jurors.

On Thursday (Dec. 22nd), attorneys for both sides met with Fulton County Judge Ural Glanville to discuss jury selection issues. Glanville estimated that the trial would last six to nine months due to the number of witnesses and defendants in the case.

Judge Ural Glanville meets with attorneys for the defendants and Fulton County to plan the timeline for potential jurors during selection.

Do you think Young Thug will be vindicated and freed once this is all over?

Photos: Jamie Lamor Thompson/Shutterstock/Fulton County Jail

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